Taiwanese woman freaks out when her 'Hello Kitty' prize turns out to be a cheap knockoff with a Chinglish name.A Taiwanese woman freaks out when she finds out her new Hello Kitty prize is actually a fake version with a mouth instead of a button nose...

This follows yesterday’s story about Sponge Bob characters discussing whether or not Taiwan is part of China.

Taiwan News: Voice of the People, Bridge to the World, plumbed new depths today with a shocking story about Hello Kitty with a mouth.

A customer was upset they brought some counterfeit merchandise home. Makes sense, it’s an article about counterfeit merchandise. And I thought it was a little funny.

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This follows yesterday’s story about Sponge Bob characters discussing whether or not Taiwan is part of China.

Who approves these things? Surely someone read this and thought, “Fuck no. We’re not doing a news article about somebody’s internet meme. If you do I’ll fire you and everyone around you.” That’s literally an entire article explaining a joke. I just want to know, why?

Yeah, this is just how they’re trying to maintain some semblance of profitability in this day and age. Fluff sells. It only made sense as a news source when there was a captive population without access to other sources. Even then the local news was limited. It makes sense that it’s time for a renaming though.

After long night of drinking, Canadian woman takes midnight swim at Baishawan and is nearly swept away by riptide.After a night of drinking and reveling at Baishawan Beach in New Taipei, a Canadian woman decides to take a swim in her underwear, but...

After long night of drinking, Canadian woman takes midnight swim at Baishawan and is nearly swept away by riptide.After a night of drinking and reveling at Baishawan Beach in New Taipei, a Canadian woman decides to take a swim in her underwear, but…

This is why people shouldn’t swim during ghost month. She must swim better than the ghosts… this time.

The automotive industry in China has been the largest in the world measured by automobile unit production since 2008.[ Since 2009, annual production of automobiles in China exceeds that of the European Union or that of the United States and Japan combined. (Wikipedia)